Research Article

Free Transverse Vibration of Circular Plate of Stepped Thickness with General Boundary Conditions by an Improved Fourier–Ritz Method

Figure 6

Frequency parameters versus step thickness ratio for stepped circular Mindlin plates (a) free, (b) simply supported, (c) clamped, step location ratio , and plate thickness ratio  = 0.1.
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